Removing screen from Notebook.
This is kind of related to my thread on networking a PC to my Mac. That particular endeavour has gone off the boil a touch partly due to niggles with the HP dv8000 display. It was given to me and the known issue was a broad black vertical band on the left of the display. The unit was still usable with a bit of jiggering with taskbar/menu positions.
But it was starting to p!ss me off and then yesterday, after trying to get a Wacom tablet working with it, a broad white band developed on the right of the display. This made the machine unusable.
From previous research, I knew these issues were quite common with displays used in HP machines. A basic suggestion is to connect an external monitor to establish that it's definitely the display that is up the creek and not something else. Today I managed to borrow a monitor from chap along the path and indeed the image is fine.
Chap suggested that I remove the screen completely from the notebook at the hinge and place the monitor behind the notebook. That struck me as quite a good idea and certainly cheaper than replacing the screen.
But what issues could there be in doing this?
Would the machine boot up at all without the built-in monitor connected?
Would the procedure be destructive? I may want to have portability at a future date. Just wondered if anyone here has done something similar.
Thanks!